How to Pack Food and Gift Items

When it comes to bringing items through checkpoints, we've seen just about everything. Traveling with food or gifts is an even bigger challenge. Everyone has favorite foods from home that they want to bring to holiday dinners, or items from their destination that they want to bring back home.

Not sure about what you can and can't bring through the checkpoint? Here's a list of liquid, aerosol and gel items that you should put in your checked bag, ship ahead, or leave at home if they are above the permitted 3.4 oz.

Cranberry sauce

Cologne

Creamy dips and spreads (cheeses, peanut butter, etc.)

Gift baskets with food items (salsa, jams and salad dressings)

Gravy

Jams

Jellies

Lotions

Maple syrup

Oils and vinegars

Perfume

Salad dressing

Salsa

Sauces

Snow Globes

Soups

Wine, liquor and beer

You can bring pies and cakes through the security checkpoint, but they are subject to additional screening.

While wrapped gifts are not prohibited, if a bag alarms our security officers may have to unwrap a gift to take a closer look inside. We recommend passengers wrap gifts after their flight or ship them ahead of time to avoid the possibility of having to open them during the screening process.

Items purchased after the security checkpoint have been pre-screened and can be taken on the plane.